The Office of Management and Budget has released a memorandum that gives added muscle to a regulation preventing agencies from using brand names in contract solicitations and requests for proposals.
Alien Technology Corp. signed an agreement with Unisys Corp. to deliver to market radio frequency identification technology, products and services designed to increase supply chain visibility, security and efficiency.
Tucked in a corner of an airplane hangar in Iraq, an Air Force mechanic is repairing a plane's hydraulic landing gear system when he hits a snag and needs to refer to the aircraft's maintenance manual. He pulls out a ruggedized tablet computer to access the LAN. Within minutes, he has downloaded the information he needs from a U.S.-based database and is back to work on the plane.
Lockheed Martin Corp. won a $3.6 million contract from the Military Entrance Processing Command for fingerprinting technology that enables background checks of prospective military recruits.
When Michigan was battered by severe windstorms in 1997 and 1998, the state's Emergency Management department and 20 of its local emergency response organizations went into action.
WysDM Software Inc., a provider of data-protection management solutions, has introduced upgrades to its rapid recovery applications, WysDM for Backups and WysDM for Fileservers products.
EDS Corp. will help consolidate data center operations that support mainframe and client server applications for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services under a newly awarded task order.
Scalable Software LLC, a maker of IT compliance and asset management solutions, upgraded its Command Center Federal IT compliance management solution with workflow and reporting customization enhancements.
Securityhunter Inc., a Baltimore company that installs and maintains electronic security countermeasures, will assess Agriculture Department facilities under a $1.8 million contract.
I.D. Systems Inc. received orders from the U.S. Postal Service to deploy its wireless asset management system at 16 additional postal facilities around the nation.
ManTech International Corp. won a five-year, $13.2 million contract from the Defense Department to support the logistics mission associated with the joint strike fighter aircraft.
Computer Sciences Corp. won a five-year, $38 million task order to provide program management and IT services to the Office of the Secretary of Defense for Program Analysis and Evaluation.
The Army has ordered a new system that automates switching and record keeping processes and reduces the amount of equipment and resources necessary to perform communications testing.
Aimed at building wireless networks with top-secret security, a contract awarded to Harris Corp. by the National Security Agency enables the company to supply its secure wireless product to federal agencies and other approved customers.
A project to improve predictions of climate change and weather moved forward this week when the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration awarded contracts for the system's conceptual designs.
WorldCell Inc. acquired Mobile-Mind Inc., a developer of subscriber identity module and smart-card technologies. The purchase will enable WorldCell to provide more global managed wireless services to customers.
